I'm just getting ready to start my eighth season as GM and there isn't a single team under the cap. That's not unusual, but there are twenty teams paying excessive luxury taxes. Something seems amiss. Take Atlanta for example: Their payroll is $280.1 million, which is $131.4 million OVER the cap and they are paying $98.7 million in luxury tax. They have a payroll which is nearly double the current cap of $148.7 million. Being over the cap is one thing, but there seems to be far too many teams that are excessively over the cap and I can't imagine this a good thing.
Should I increase the cap manually or simply keep playing?
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TEAMS PAYING LUXURY TAX
Team | Tax (Millions)
MIN | $5.9
MIL | $12.0
WAS | $12.8
PHO | $13.2
NYK | $14.2
TOR | $17.8
PHI | $26.9*
SAS | $28.8*
DAL | $34.2*
ORL | $37.0*
UTA | $37.4*
IND | $41.0*
DET | $44.4*
NOP | $46.3*
MIA | $47.4*
LAC | $57.3*
CHA | $58.4*
CLE | $78.6*
SAC | $81.3*
ATL | $98.7*
* - Team salary exceeds $200 million, the current cap is $141 million.